Toilet-chair



' PATENTED FEB; 16, 1904 G. W. HESSLER.

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No. 752,551. PATENTED FEB. 15, 1904.

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TOILET CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented February 16, 1904.

GEORGE W. HESSLER, OF SORANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOILET-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 752,551, dated February 16, 1904:.

Application filed July 9, 1903. Serial No. 164,854. (No model.)

To and whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. HESSLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toilet-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a chair for general toilet purposes, such as disclosing the back of the head to assist in arranging the hair by reflection in a mirror in advance of the position of the chair and the occupant of the latter and also for drying the hair after having been wet during the process of shampooing or washmg.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device which may serve as an article of furniture equipped with means forearrying on the operations set forth and wherein a reflecting-glass forming part of the chair may be readily removed to use a hair-drying attachment secured to the back of the chair.

With this and other objects and advantages in view the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed. Y

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a toilet-chair embodying the features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section thereof. Fig. 4 is a top plan view. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail section of the chair and a part of the hair-drying apparatus to illustrate the mode of adjusting the mirror attachment.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 1 designates a chair having a seat 2with legs 3, the said seat being adapted to. be upholstered in any preferred manner and provided with a back 1 rising therefrom and formed in the present instance with an upper concave edge 5. The chair generally may be shaped and ornamented at will, and to the upper portion of the back thereof is secured a guide 6 of tubular form disposed in vertical position and having a spring-catch 7 secured thereto and movable therethrough, said catch having a headed stud or projection 8, where by it may be readily operated.

Disposed over the upper edge 5 of the back 4 is a mirror 9, having a supporting arm or stem 10 firmly secured to the-back thereof and provided at its lower extremity with a series of catch shoulders or stops 11, which extend completely around the arm or stem for engagement with the catch? to hold the mirror 9 at any elevation desired above the up- .per edge 5 of the back. The mirror is also free to be turned at an angle to the back of the chair While held in upright position.

Extending across the upper end of the chairback is a guard-rail12, preferably constructed of stifl wire. To the lower. portion of the rear side of the back an arm 13 is secured and projects rearwardly and has asupport or rest 14 on its free end to receive a lamp or other analogous heating means 15. Over this lamp a wire-gauze cylinder 16 is removably disposed, and on the said cylinder is asemispherical Wire-gauze cap 17, having a hook 18 at its inner portion to engage. an eye 19 at the lower end of the rear part of the guide 6 to hold the cylinder 16 and cap in place over the lamp or other heating means. The semispherical cap 17 is located atadistance below the rail 12, and the latter projects outwardly over the heating attachment just explained.

In the use of the improved tOllGlB-Chfidl' it can be drawn in proximity to a dressing-table or other analogous device and the mirror 9 adjusted to reflect the back of the head ofthe occupant and assist in dressing the hair and arranging it with regularity as may be desired. The mirror 9 may be turned at different angles to facilitate the hair-dressing operation, and the use of a hand-glass or other form of foldable mirror will be unnecessary. When it is desired to employ the toilet-chair as a means for drying wet hair after shampooing or washing, the mirror 9 is detached from the chair-back and a lighted lamp or other analogous heating means is disposed on the rest 14 and covered by the cylinder 16 and cap 17. The occupant of the chair then ar ranges her hair over the rail 11 and the heattionally convenient and is simple and effective in its construction and operation.

Changes in the proportions, dimensions, and minor details may be resorted to without in the least departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. A toilet-chair having an immovable back with a head-rest construction at its upper end, and a heating apparatus connected to the rear side of the back below the head-rest construction.

2. A toilet-chair, having a back with a rearwardly-projecting horizontally-disposed rail at the upper end thereof, and a heating attachment attached to the back below the rail.

3. A toilet-chair with an immovable upright back, having a heating device supported in connection with the rear side of the back, and a wire-gauze covering over the said heating means.

' 4. A toilet-chair, having a back with a horizontally-disposed rail projecting rearwardly from the upper portion thereof, a heating means held by the back below the rail, and a wire-gauze covering over the heating means.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. HESSLER. Witnesses C. S. JAcoB, RAY MOON. 

